Comments on: Back on caffeine

By: Killing the addiction. Stab! Stab! at FactoryCity

Killing the addiction. Stab! Stab! at FactoryCity — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:34:26 +0000

[...] up addictions, messina, new england.

Well, after my brief relapse yesterday, I think I’m coming to my senses and going caffeine free, cold tu [...]

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:22:37 +0000

hmm…yeah I didn’t notice about the biting nails at first. Do you really see a correlation between nail biting and coffee drinking? I only ask because I notice during our long meetings (coffee flowing aplenty) many wring hands and pull at their fingernails.

If so, did you see a decrease in nail biting when you quit?

By: Ed Byrne

Ed Byrne — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:53:27 +0000

Excuse me for being an ignorant spud-farmer … but how much coffee are you drinking that it has you biting you nails and feeling like you should quit? I’ve 3/4 cups a day and consider that to be plenty!

By: Outlandish Josh

Outlandish Josh — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 06:19:04 +0000

yeah right you’ll kick it; just wait until you get a whiff of some other keen dopamine booters… hoo boy gonna have you some fun.

By: FactoryJoe

FactoryJoe — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:50:49 +0000

Y’know, I was actually doing half-caff for awhile… a good 6 months actually and then quit caffeine altogether.

Then Paris.

Heh. So I’m overdosing today and hoping that I’ll wreck my nerves so much that tomorrow I’ll switch to tea and gradually ween myself back to decaf. I already feel totally messed up, so I think it’s working.

By: Brad Isaac

Brad Isaac — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:42:57 +0000

Coffee is one bear of a habit to break. Especially in Paris. Have you tried cutting the amount you drink in half for awhile, then that in half, and so on?

Good luck.